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Kudos
to Pushkar, Gayatri and the production
team for making out of box films and introducing
new genre to Tamil film industry. I have
watched Va quarter cutting and also their
previous film Oram Po (Auto) .Kudos to
their efforts. Their trailer making skills
are extraordinary. The moment we watch
their trailer, curiosity starts building
up. Even the Oram Po trailer was brilliant
as both of them have developed their cues
from advertising industry the trailers
are far far better than the movie in itself.
I have also watched the English version
of Va and I write below a few comparisons
and the differences.
Harold and Kumar travel to new castle
(2004) Vs Va quarter cutting (2010) :Va
is an adaptation of Harold & Kumar
from Hollywood. In the latter Harold Lee
and Kumar Patel are two stoners who
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up getting the Burgers. What they crave the most after
seeing a TV advertisement, is a trip to White Castle.
So from here, follows a journey for the burgers they
require. On their way they will encounter many obstacles
including a raccoon, a racist officer, and a horny
Neil Patrick Harris.
In Va, it is Mirchi Siva and SPB Charan who go around
Chennai city looking out for quarter liquor and on
their way they encounter a politician, a female police
officer and our very own john Vijay in dual roles.
Except the climax and the gambling scenes which is
an adaptation of Guy Ritchie's ‘Lock, stock
and two smoking barrels’, the rest of Va's structural
screenplay is from Harold and Kumar.
Now both these Hollywood flicks are bone tickling
in its own ways. Harold and Kumar was an American
movie with an Indian (Kal Pen) and Korean (John Cho)
actors as the two main protagonists. Now the casting
itself was cautious and funny in this movie. Gags
in Harold and Kumar are simple and they don't demand
brains or logics. Two sequels have already been made
after its success. Lock stock is more of an underworld
mafia story and it’s a dark humor flick. I enjoyed
the movie for its brilliant screenplay and its humor.
Coming back to our own VA the movie had very few moments
that had me in splits. Shiva did not suit the bill
with the Coimbatore slang. Shiva is at his best when
he uses the Chennai slang. Remember these both paired
in their last outing Saroja? Hilarious and stupendous,
both of them had me in splits all over the movie.
But I strongly felt something was missing in Va. The
screen play should have been tighter. Addition of
Lekha Washington's role to deliver audience a message
was deliberate and it was shown whereas in Harold
and Kumar the racism issue was the message and it
was handled in a very delicate manner and it was humorous.
More work has to go in to screenplay and humor to
get more audience watching this kind of movie. I wish
to see the sequels to this version very soon with
sharper screenplays and humor.
I once again thank the directors and the makers of
the films for these kinds of films.
Kudos.
REGARDS
Vignesh Manthrachalam.
shriharivignesh@yahoo.co.uk
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- Quarter Cutting, Shiva,
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Washington, SPB
Charan, Pushkar-Gayatri,
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